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Two new additions to the Meriden Public Library can deliver music and magazines right into your home. Or car. Or wherever you happen to be with your e-reader, cell phone, tablet or computer.

Freegal Music offers about 3 millions songs by numerous artists - anyone from Justin Timberlake to Beyonce to Matt Stone, Robert Lopez and Trey Parker (composers of the Broadway musical "Book of Mormon."), and Zinio lets library patrons look at 174 different magazines - everything from Seventeen to Popular Science to Rolling Stone - without ever leaving their homes.

"We are excited to offer these new services to our patrons," Karen Roesler, library director, said. "We think they will love the convenience of having so much music and so many magazines right at their fingertips."

The name Freegal means free and legal. The library buys access to the songs, just as it buys books or DVDs. Using your Meriden Library card, you can download up to three songs a week. The songs are yours to keep. The latest magazines are available the same day they hit the newsstand. Check out as many as you like and keep them as long as you want. Flip through the pages, copy the recipes and read the latest stories.

Simply go to the library's website, http://www.meridenlibrary.org, and click on Freegal or Zinio to get started. Or you can download the Freegal Music or Zinio apps to you phone and go from there. You will need your library card number and the login for Freegal or Zinio that you set up for yourself. You must have an active Meriden Library card to take advantage of these new features. Cards are free to Meriden residents, with proof of residency. For more information, contact the Meriden Library's information desk, at 203-238-2346.